Yahoo Inc. has rolled out a new feature to their home page called Yahoo Buzz. This is basically a clone of Digg which will allow users to vote on news and blog posts. The stories with the most votes will make it to the Yahoo home page.
The new Yahoo Buzz is now in beta and will allow stories to generate a “BuzzScore” to rate new stories, images, videos, etc.
The top stories will get placement on Yahoo.com
Over 100 publishers are taking part in the beta test. The company stated eventually they will open up the site to all publishers who are interested.
Publishers are given an online badge which allows readers to vote and submit stories to Buzz.
Yahoo also plans to release a Buzz application programming interface.
Yahoo stated it will build “on the recent success of the home page of Yahoo and improving consumers’ favorite online starting point by combining popular stories with the wisdom of real people to determine what is most engaging and relevant.”